Magical Mystery Tool
I.E.Z.
through the one next to the stove, I found something I vaguely remembered,
but can't identify. It's an orange plastic stick, about 5 1/2" long. It
seems sturdy, has a slight hook to the end (but not hook-y enough to crochet
with) and it has "Oxmoor House" stamped on the flat part at the opposite end
of the stick from the hook.
I know Oxmoor House published crafting books, and I have a vague
recollection that this might have been some kind of premium for subscribing
to something, but I don't know for sure. I also can't figure how it got
into a drawer of kichen implements, because I'd bet it's a crafting tool of
some kind. DH initially thought it might be for carving or cleaning out
pumpkins, but that doesn't seem quite right. It might be good for opening
up seams and giving them a little press.
I've posted a couple pictures on a web album. Here's the link, in the
folder marked "tool":
http://picasaweb.google.com/I.E.Zawil
Does anybody know what it's for?
Thanks!
Iris
Pamela in Texas
It is a citrus peeler. It cuts the peel so you can peel the fruit
easily. I have a couple of them because I don't have any fingernails
to peel the fruit.
I.E.Z.
"Pamela in Texas" <jac...@netzero.net> wrote in message
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Wow that was fast! And that does sound correct, and is why it was in the
kitchen!
Thanks,
Iris
Bobbie Sews More
here in Florida.
Barbara
Shirley Shone
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oranges.
You cut down the orange in segments with the flat end, then insert the
hook end and ease the peel away.
Shirley
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Polly Esther
assorted other things for turning, pulling, pushing and poking. Mostly I
use it when I've backed an appliqu� and need to ease the seams out flat so
the backside doesn't show. Didn't know it could peel an orange; I'll have
to try that. Polly
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Donna in Idaho
hook end and pry the peel off with the flat end. At least, that's how I was
taught to use the Tupperware version many years ago.
Donna in SW Idaho
I.E.Z.
the way Polly suggested, or try it the next time I have some citrus in the
house!
Iris
Maureen Wozniak
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Sounds like it might be an orange peeler.
Maureen
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Dr. Zachary Smith
letter openers mentioned in another thread. It looks like it might
serve as one anyway. Our citrus peeler is much smaller; it's a ring
thingy with a small blade sticking out. You put it on your finger
like a ring and run it around the orange or whatever. DW swears by
it. I have fat fingers, so I swear AT it.
Doc
amy in CNY
> On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:42:50 -0500, I.E.Z. wrote
>
> - Show quoted text -
I had one of those! From a Tupperware party years ago,. do they still
make them?
amy in CNY
NightMist
That was the party where I got lucky at the games and came home with
the orange peeler, the egg seperator, the sugar scoop, and the cake
server. My mom didn't speak to me for a week, and then when I went to
college and they went to Colorado she absconded with all my
tupperware! LOL
NightMist
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Dr. Zachary Smith
> That was the party where I got lucky at the games and came home with
> the orange peeler, the egg seperator, the sugar scoop, and the cake
> server.
OK Kids, for 10 points and an ata, what recipe requires EXACTLY those
items to make? 8^D
Doc
Donna in Idaho
Pound Cake recipe, however, that particular recipe doesn't need the eggs
separated.
Donna in SW Idaho
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Dr. Zachary Smith
items - to win!
On Oct 15, 2:44 pm, "Donna in Idaho" <donar...@gmailnospam.com> wrote:
> Either a lemon cake or an orange cake. I have a wonderful Lemon Sour Cream
> Pound Cake recipe, however, that particular recipe doesn't need the eggs
> separated.
>
> Donna in SW Idaho
>
> "Dr. Zachary Smith" <Dr.Sm...@rochester.rr.com> wrote in messagenews:ede07667-ac7a-4ea6...@j24g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
Sandy E
a nit picker
a crochet hook that got run over by an SUV
chopstick that went thru' the lawnmower
nail file for the flying monkeys
key to the Orange Bowl gates
Harvey's toothpick
spoke tightener for the Harley
Hobbit drumstick
Indeed, a citrus peeler ... if you have the time for such doings.
Gifted by the Tupperware hostess at one of those in-home parties.
I have several, from back when all my friends & neighbors had the
party & I showed up to increase the numbers for their prize. <G>
(& if they scrimped on the refreshments we didn't go back, & my
best friend wouldn't order anything <g>)
Oxmoor House also gave them away as a Free Gift!! Wouldn't that
make you order a half-dozen Exciting books? ! ?!!!!!
Why don't we have in-home quilt stuff parties ala Tupperware?
Any excuse to look at fabric & books & tools, and eat.
We could bring our laptops and place online orders.
R/Sandy
On 10/15/09 8:47 AM, in article
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Sandy E
It's a recipe for keeping kids busy.
EVERY mom knows that if you have those goofy plastic things
from the Tupperware party all jangling around in the bottom of a
purse or bag, you've got the makings to keep a little kid occupied
for at least an hour. Scoops, scrapers (no sharp edges, it's Tupperware!),
mini-containers, lids, cups, capsules, funnels, molds, keepers,
shakers, and my favorite: the lettuce corer. Oh, yeah, I have one left,
after people "stole" some others from my kitchen! <g>
Mix some or all together, pour into a totebag, serve immediately.
R/Sandy - w/ a tiny bag of quilting stuff
& a huge tote full of plastic gadgets
On 10/15/09 1:44 PM, in article 7jp8rkF...@mid.individual.net, "Donna
Roberta
burpable lid on a little keychain. Just about big enough to hold 2
airtight aspirin. Or a fairy-size jello mold. It was also a gift, from
the last T-party I ever attended. Don't know what happened to it.
Maybe my nisse swiped it.
Roberta in D
Mary
they really do work! You can use the sharp pointy end to score the
peel and then pull it off yourself. Or, use the pointy end to score
the peel in a little circle at the stem end, pull off that little bit,
and then stick the long curved part inbetween the fruit and the peel
to loosen the skin that way. I happen to have two of them (freebies
at the State Fair years ago), and one is in the kitchen. The other --
ahem -- is with the sewing doodads and is a good thing to poke out
corners (doesn't leave a mark like a pencil does!) and all sorts of
other wierd things. Keep it!
Joanna
but hate getting stuff under them. Even my hubby uses ours. Simple tool
but great still.
Joanna
Dr. Zachary Smith
> Why don't we have in-home quilt stuff parties ala Tupperware?
> Any excuse to look at fabric & books & tools, and eat.
Because there isn't enough chocolate in the WORLD to host such a
soiree.
> We could bring our laptops and place online orders.
Then what would be the point of the party? With T-ware, the idea is
for the hostess to sell stuff - not have guests buy it online from
elsewhere. Have the party, sure, but it wouldn't be a la T-ware
without a hostess-profit motive. ;-)
DEM
Donna
in WA
DEM
posting.....Sorry bout that.
Donna
in WA
who won one at a TW P.
What Can I Say
the flat end was to strip the skin back from the fruit. Hope this helps.
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amy in CNY
> That was the party where I got lucky at the games and came home with
> the orange peeler, the egg seperator, the sugar scoop, and the cake
> server. My mom didn't speak to me for a week, and then when I went to
> college and they went to Colorado she absconded with all my
> tupperware! LOL
>
> NightMist
>
I still have my egg separator! i love that thing!
amy in CNY
Edna Pearl
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>I still have my egg separator! i love that thing!
One of my favorite oddball kitchen tools is my hard-boiled egg slicer -- a
plastic base with an egg-shaped concavity, with a hinged top with a row of
wires, so when you close the top it makes egg slices. It's so much easier
than the messy process of slicing or chopping hard boiled eggs with a knife,
and if you mix the slices into a salad (like tuna salad) the slices are thin
enough to dice themselves, so to speak.
ep
Leslie& The Furbabies in MO.
each time. Chops those eggs in a jiffy!
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
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Roberta
Roberta in D
DEM
w/o the shell, of course. In a few hours, out pops one
perfectly shaped square egg. ;0
Donna
in WA
J*
i'll tell dh. cept he'd probly have trouble finding the egg slicer.
j.
"Roberta" wrote ...
I like it for mushrooms too.
Roberta in D
Roberta
eggs.
Roberta in D
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wrote:
J*
so i bet he also didnt hear me when i told him this time.
i'll leave him to continue slicing with a knife.
keeps him out of trouble for the most part.
thanks for letting me know.
ack, i just repeated about the wear and tear on the slicer just now and he
heard and asked
"why would you use a slicer when it is faster with a knife?"
nuff said.
j.
"Roberta" wrote ...
Caveat: they wear out more quickly, because mushrooms are tougher than
eggs.
Roberta in D
"J*" wrote...
>slicing mushrooms...never occured to me to use it for that but tis perfect.
>i'll tell dh. cept he'd probly have trouble finding the egg slicer.
>"Roberta" wrote ...
>I like it for mushrooms too.
J*
so i bet he also didnt hear me when i told him this time.
i'll leave him to continue slicing with a knife.
keeps him out of trouble for the most part.
thanks for letting me know.
ack, i just repeated about the wear and tear on the slicer just now and he
heard and asked
"why would you use a slicer when it is faster with a knife?"
nuff said.
j.
"Roberta" wrote ...
Caveat: they wear out more quickly, because mushrooms are tougher than
eggs.
Roberta in D
"J*" wrote...
>slicing mushrooms...never occured to me to use it for that but tis perfect.
>i'll tell dh. cept he'd probly have trouble finding the egg slicer.
>"Roberta" wrote ...
>I like it for mushrooms too.
J*
sorry bout that folks.
j.
"J*" wrote ...